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slate-colour. First seen in a marsh, where it was catching 

 flies like an ordinary Flycatcher, June 1, 1898. Evidently 

 a rare bird, as only two others have been observed; one 

 near the fort, the other near the marsh, where the first was 

 obtained. 



244. Bias musicus. 



Bias musicus (V.) ; Reichen. Vog. deutsch. Ost-Afr. p. 149 

 (1894) ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 96 (1896) ; Sharpe, Bull. 

 B. O. C. vi. p. xlviii (1897 : Ntebi). 



«, 6. c? ? ad. Ntebi, May 29, 1895. Iris yellow ; bill 

 black ; feet greenish yellow. 



245. Terpsiphone cristata. 



Terpsiphone cristata (Gm.) ; Reichen. J. £. O. 1892, p. 33 

 (Bukoba, Sesse Isl., Meugo) ; Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1895, 

 p. 490; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 99 (1896) ; Ogilvie Grant, 

 Ibis, 1900, p. 174 ; 0. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 227; Sharpe, 

 P. Z. S. 1900, p. 609. 



No. 978. S ad. Naudi, 6000 feet, April 12, 1898. Iris 

 brown ; eyelids pale violet-blue ; bill dark horn-blue with 

 black tip ; feet horn-blue. 



No. 1257. ? ad. Nandi, 6500 feet, July 2, 1898. Iris 

 very dark brown ; eyelids leaden blue ; bill leaden blue with 

 black tip ; feet horn-blue. Scarce in Nandi. Very restless 

 and constantly on the move, flitting about tall trees, twisting 

 and bending about in pursuit of flies and insects on the 

 wing. 



246. Trochocercus albinotatus. 



Trochocercus albonotatus Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 121 ; id. op. 

 cit. 1892, p. 303, pi. vii. fig. 1 ; Shelley, B. Africa, i. p. 99 

 (1896) ; O. Neum. J. f. O. 1900, p. 229. 



a. S ad. Mau Forest, 8000 feet, Dec. 20, 1895. 



Nos. 195, 211. S ? juv. Ravine, July 23, 31, 1896. 

 Iris brown ; bill and feet black. In thick forest. Spreads 

 out its tail like a fan and constantly turns it from side to 

 side as it darts about in thick foliage in search of insects. 



No. 406. S ad. Ravine, Oct. 21, 1896. 



No. 1116. S ad. Nandi, 6000 feet. May 19, 1898. 



